PeepnBiscuitsRN

PeepnBiscuitsRN

OB (with a history of cardiac)

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  1. I feel like they should change the title of this site to "reasons why my job sucks"

    PeepnBiscuitsRN replied to hershdawg's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I think that much like anything nursing has it's ups and downs, and the whole health care industry is going through a down period. It's nasty out there- sorry to break it to you guys. It's not your...

  2. I don't like nursing school :( will I hate nursing?

    PeepnBiscuitsRN replied to Lucidity's topic in Nursing Career

    What kinds of patients have you dealt with so far? I recall disliking most of my LPN schooling because we were in nursing homes- and I did not want to work in a nursing home...no way, no how, no sir!...

  3. False accusations.

    PeepnBiscuitsRN replied to Capp's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    My first thought was "welcome to nursing, where we kiss your *** now, instead of saving it." Your witnesses, I imagine, would trump the whiner. But know that your manager is probably nicely whipped by...

  4. Because nobody is a better expert in the art of nursing than...

    PeepnBiscuitsRN posted a topic in General Nursing

    (wait for it....) A CORPORATE P.R. representative! That's right! For the next however many weeks it takes, we un-enlightened nurses get to have a P.R. (could stand for public relations or patient...

  5. what did you get for Christmas from your employer?

    PeepnBiscuitsRN replied to AlphaPig's topic in General Nursing

    Oh that's NUTHIN! They also took away our holiday pay. MERRY ******

  6. "You've never said you liked nursing." A vent.

    PeepnBiscuitsRN replied to dudette10's topic in General Nursing

    I think nursing has gone from the image of a lady in a starched white dress and cap, nursing someone back to health to a competitive, cutthroat industry much like med school. 30 or 40 years ago I...

  7. what did you get for Christmas from your employer?

    PeepnBiscuitsRN replied to AlphaPig's topic in General Nursing

    A $10 gift card to Target- which on closer inspection was deducted from our paycheck. Well heck, if that's how they're going to do it, lets be realistic then, I hardly ever spend less that $40.00 of...

  8. The math doesn't add up

    PeepnBiscuitsRN replied to noyesno's topic in General Nursing

    The last I heard, "Dookie" refered to feces...poop...she must have had your unit confused with a proctologists office. Of course that term went out of style in the mid 80's, but if the trends are...

  9. Children's vs. Mayo

    PeepnBiscuitsRN replied to jab44223's topic in General Nursing

    Did you actually receive job offers for said jobs? Generally, in order to work in a level III NICU, you're going to need some expereince. I say this only because I had my clinical externship at St....

  10. The math doesn't add up

    PeepnBiscuitsRN replied to noyesno's topic in General Nursing

    Dear Suburban Couple, Thank you for choosing our hosp-...oh wait, that's right...you didn't choose it, your insurance dictated it... well, anyways, thanks for graicing us with your prescence here in...

  11. The most ridiculous birth plans you've had the pleasure of reading

    PeepnBiscuitsRN replied to PeepnBiscuitsRN's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I should clarify- I don't have a problem with birth plans themselves- it's a nice way to sort of think things out on what you want to ideally have happen- it's the defensive sort of language they're...

  12. How do you feel about male nurses in OB/GYN/NICU?

    PeepnBiscuitsRN replied to 274216's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I think at my hospital, for L&D and Postpartum it wouldn't go over too well because of cultural preferences. As for NICU- why the heck not?! Men can like babies

  13. Workflow of Labor & Delivery Nursing

    PeepnBiscuitsRN replied to Cottontop365's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I work in Postpartum, but L&D and PP are sort of buddy buddy, so when they're getting spanked so are we. At our hospital we end up on divert...I want to say 5/7 days a week, so what the previous...

  14. Can they fire me?

    PeepnBiscuitsRN replied to OuchieRN's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I would make a personal appearance to drop off the paperwork. Is this nurse manager known to be unresponsive or a pain in the butt to get ahold of? I would just pop in and give the paperwork to her,...

  15. Which hospitals hire new graduate RNs?

    PeepnBiscuitsRN replied to kdmarielpn's topic in General Nursing

    I work at Regions, so I'm biased...but I enjoy working there. Can't complain about the pay, since it is a JOB, and it took me almost a year to get one. I know Health East won't even look at you if...

  16. The youngest new mother's you've seen

    PeepnBiscuitsRN posted a topic in Ob/Gyn

    We just recently had a 14 year old on our unit. I'm sure for some of you that's not uncommon, and I was warned that in our hosptial especially, it's not uncommon (I think there might have been a 13...

  17. A backbreaking patient...

    PeepnBiscuitsRN replied to GrodeRN's topic in General Nursing

    When you say "young" how young are we talking? Teenager? Twenty-something? Not that her actual age excuses the snotty behavior, but knowing her age might make it easier to formulate a strategy for...

  18. What patients/behaviors/illnesses/injuries do you HATE the most?

    PeepnBiscuitsRN replied to JZ_RN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    From when I worked cardiac/general care: --Manipulative middle aged people, women in particular. They have everything wrong in the whole world and whine and whine and whine about it. They NEEEEED...

  19. Healthy women schedule C-sections to prevent vaginal stretching

    PeepnBiscuitsRN replied to rph3664's topic in Ob/Gyn

    That's odd, in my area, and in my particular facility a woman needs to have her arm twisted to have a section. It's almost like the doctor/midwife and nurse have to say to her "hey, your baby is...

  20. The youngest new mother's you've seen

    PeepnBiscuitsRN replied to PeepnBiscuitsRN's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Yeah when I was an LPN and worked in peds, in an inner city clinic I had a mom who was 16 bring her 12 month old in for his check up...grandma came too, with her newborn for the newborn's check up....

  21. The youngest new mother's you've seen

    PeepnBiscuitsRN replied to PeepnBiscuitsRN's topic in Ob/Gyn

    NINE?! Wow. That's just...amazing, wrong, twisted... a little child with a belly like that. It's a sad statement for several reasons: first of which, what in the heck are kids up to these days?! When...

  22. Child Care Nurse/Inspector

    PeepnBiscuitsRN posted a topic in Public, Community Health

    In MN in order to be a school nurse, you have to be a licensed public health nurse as well, so I suppose this post could have gone in either area of the forum. When I worked in child care, so many...

  23. Maybe you guys can answer this.... (Kind of long, sorry!)

    PeepnBiscuitsRN replied to Christy1019's topic in Ob/Gyn

    After my son was born- stat section, none the less, I had retained POC and I bled for about two and a half months. No I'm not exaggerating, I'm dead serious. It would cycle, it would be heavy and red,...

  24. Grandmas...mean ones

    PeepnBiscuitsRN posted a topic in Ob/Gyn

    I'm just coming off my orientation, 30 days went by so fast! I'm really enjoying where I am, and having a good time with it. I've made some observations though, one of which is that I apparently need...

  25. Still Feeling Crummy Months After an "Incident"

    PeepnBiscuitsRN replied to devyn renee's topic in General Nursing

    Don't worry about it. You weren't fired our ousted, so I doubt it was a big deal. Just remember next time if you think it could put the patient at risk, or if something doesn't appear right such that...